Old Javanese edit

Etymology edit

Affixed layū (to run; to flee) +‎ (m)aN-.

Verb edit

malayū

  1. to run
  2. to run away
  3. to flee

Descendants edit

  • Javanese: ꦩ꧀ꦭꦪꦸ (mlayu)

Further reading edit

  • "malayū" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.